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The glory and the sorrow : a Parisian and his world in the age of the French Revolution / Timothy Tackett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tackett, Timothy, 1945- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Colson, Adrien-Joseph, 1727-1797.
- Colson, Adrien-Joseph.
- Lawyers--France--Paris--Biography.
- Lawyers.
- France--History--Louis XVI, 1774-1793.
- France.
- France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.
- Paris (France)--Biography.
- Paris (France).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- The Glory and the Sorrow is a biography of an ordinary citizen and his neighbors in central Paris that brings to life the day-to-day experience of the French Revolution, not only the thrill, the joy, and the enthusiasm, but also the uncertainty, the confusion, the anxiety, and the disappointments.
- Contents:
- cover
- The Glory and the Sorrow
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Prologue
- 1. Arrival in Paris
- 2. Life in Paris before the Revolution
- 3. Making a Living
- 4. Understanding the World
- 5. The World Changes
- 6. Days of Glory
- 7. Rumor and Revolution
- 8. Becoming a Radical
- 9. Days of Sorrow
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Translations of Selected Letters
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-755741-4
- 0-19-755740-6
- OCLC:
- 1243909250
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